English noun: maternity |
1. | maternity (state) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus |
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| Synonyms | gestation, pregnancy |
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| Broader (hypernym) | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, entopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, gravida, gravidation, gravidity, gravidness, metacyesis, para, parity, placenta previa, trouble |
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| Part holonym | childbed, cleavage, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, morning sickness, parturiency, quickening, segmentation, travail |
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| Domain category members | amnio, amniocentesis, endometrium, fetal movement, foetal movement, phlebothrombosis, stretch mark, venous thrombosis |
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2. | maternity the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother |
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| Synonyms | motherhood |
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| Broader (hypernym) | family relationship, kinship, relationship |
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3. | maternity (attribute) the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother |
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| Samples | The girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children.
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| Synonyms | maternal quality, maternalism, motherliness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | parental quality |
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| Attribute | maternal |
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